http://healingthechildren.org Wed, 09 May 2012 02:18:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://healingthechildren.org/pages/a-small-step-toward-better-childrens-health.html http://healingthechildren.org/pages/a-small-step-toward-better-childrens-health.html#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:06:44 +0000 HTC http://healingthechildren.org/?p=1073 Dr. Primm, one of the anesthesiologists who accompanied the team to Santiago Texacuangos,  is holding a sevoflurane vaporizer which she borrowed from a local Albuquerque hospital and assembled on one of the machines at Hospital La Divina Providencia during a surgical trip in March 2012.  Using sevoflurane over isoflurane is highly preferred for children, but [...]]]> http://healingthechildren.org/pages/a-small-step-toward-better-childrens-health.html/feed 0 http://healingthechildren.org/pages/medical-mission-in-ecuador.html http://healingthechildren.org/pages/medical-mission-in-ecuador.html#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:25:47 +0000 HTC http://healingthechildren.org/?p=1050 On February 25, 2012, a medical team of 20 healthcare professionals, volunteering with Healing the Children Kentucky chapter, arrived in Manabí Province, Ecuador.  In difficult circumstances, the team completed over 150 surgeries in just four days amidst devastating flooding caused by ongoing heavy rains, severe shortages, and periodic power outages. ]]> http://healingthechildren.org/pages/medical-mission-in-ecuador.html/feed 0 http://healingthechildren.org/pages/a-story-of-stamina.html http://healingthechildren.org/pages/a-story-of-stamina.html#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:13:15 +0000 HTC http://healingthechildren.org/?p=1041 Reina, age ten,  lives on a small island off the pacific coast of El Salvador.   Despite her cleft lip and palate she is doing well in school and is reportedly a good student.   She and her mother had to travel using one boat and three buses to arrive at Hospital La Divina Providencia [...]]]> http://healingthechildren.org/pages/a-story-of-stamina.html/feed 0 http://healingthechildren.org/pages/practicalities-of-medical-missions-overseas.html http://healingthechildren.org/pages/practicalities-of-medical-missions-overseas.html#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:44:06 +0000 HTC http://healingthechildren.org/?p=1025 In March 2012, the Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association published their Special Issue on Medical Missions Overseas.  It includes an article by Steve Diamond, Director of the Kentucky Chapter of Healing the Children, in which he shares Healing the Children’s experience in successfully managing the practicalities of medical missions overseas. The full JKMA Special Issue on [...]]]> http://healingthechildren.org/pages/practicalities-of-medical-missions-overseas.html/feed 0 http://healingthechildren.org/pages/albuquerque-fundraiser.html http://healingthechildren.org/pages/albuquerque-fundraiser.html#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:59:07 +0000 HTC http://healingthechildren.org/?p=960 Join us for an exclusive Glitz and Glamour fundraising event! Thursday, February 16, 2012, 5-8pm Albuquerque Center for Plastic Surgery 5203 Juan Tabo Albuquerque, NM 87111 http://www.healingthechildrensw.org/ You’ll get a glimpse of the Spring Fashion Collection from Etcetera, a great choice of handbags, jewelry and accessories from Silk Road Connection and an opportunity to learn about a wide variety of cosmetic [...]]]> http://healingthechildren.org/pages/albuquerque-fundraiser.html/feed 0